Leave in peace: Afghan-Taliban negotiations

The Intelligence from The Economist

• Episode: Leave in peace: Afghan-Taliban negotiations
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• Duration: 00:20:36
• Published: 2020-06-24 12:03

A withdrawal agreement struck with America has been damnably hard to implement, but the two sides may at last start talks to crimp nearly two decades of conflict. Wirecard, once the darling of Germany’s financial-technology scene, is now at the centre of a massive scandal—and plenty saw it coming. And big wins by national football teams in Africa help ease internecine violence.

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